Soil physical quality of the Indo-Gangetic Plains and black soil region

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1440-1451

  Raychaudhuri, Mausumi ^a   Kundu, D K ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Mandal, K G ^a   Raychaudhuri, S ^a   Kar, G ^a   Bhattacharyya, T ^b   Sarkar, D ^b   Pal, D K ^c   Mandal, D K ^b   Prasad, J ^b   Sidhu, G S ^b   Nair, K M ^b   Sahoo, A K ^b   Das, T H ^b   Singh, R S ^b   Mandal, C ^b   Srivastava, R ^b   Sen, T K ^b   Chatterji, S ^b   Chandran, P ^b   Ray, S K ^b   Patil, N G ^b   Obireddy, G P ^b   Mahapatra, S K ^b   Anil Kumar, K S ^b   Das, K ^b   Singh, A K ^b   Reza, S K ^b   Dutta, D ^b   Srinivas, S ^b   Tiwary, P ^b   Karthikeyan, K ^b   Venugopalan, M V ^b   Velmourougane, K ^b   Srivastava, A ^e   Durge, S L ^b   Puspamitra, S ^a   Mahapatra, S ^a   Kamble, G K ^b   Gaikwad, M S ^b   Nimkar, A M ^b   Bobade, S V ^b   Anantwar, S G ^b   Patil, S ^b   Gaikwad, K M ^b   Sahu, V T ^b   Bhondwe, H ^b   Dohtre, S S ^b   Gharami, S ^b   Khapekar, S G ^b   Koyal, A ^b   Sujatha, ^b   Reddy, B M N ^b   Sreekumar, P ^b   Dutta, D P ^b   Gogoi, L ^b   Parhad, V N ^a   Halder, A S ^b   Basu, R ^b   Singh, R ^b   Jat, B L ^b   Oad, D L ^b   Ola, N R ^b   Wadhai, K ^b   Lokhande, M ^b   Dongare, V T ^b   Hukare, A ^b   Bansod, N ^b   Kolhe, A ^b   Khuspure, J ^b   Kuchankar, H ^b   Balbuddhe, D ^b   Sheikh, S ^b   Sunitha, B P ^b   Mohanty, B ^b   Hazarika, D ^b   Majumdar, S ^b   Garhwal, R S ^b   Sahu, A ^d   Kumar, A ^e   Gautam, N ^b   Telpande, B A ^b   Nimje, A M ^b   Likhar, C ^b   Thakre, S ^b   more..

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WATER MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH   (India)

^e ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS   (India)

Author keywords

Index; Management; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil physical quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910631217     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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